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reason for believing that such a danial have not earned our admiration by could not honestly have been made. | shair entire condues since the success Not for an instant would we suggest | of the Allies restored them to nation- that.. We recognize that oficial aloof-hood. They were perhaps misled by ness from Press and Public-the| the... anti-Bokhevik, panie in other contemps that considers public tum-countries, perhaps deliberately in ours beneath the notice of "sensible duced to be entspaws, but their persons--is as likely to account for attitude toward the Russian revolu-| the silence still maintaine), 3 silenor] tionists was too bellicose,' and un which, we truly and honestly believe, doubtedly helped to consolidate the may have disastrous results. For Bolshevik State, at a time when left the China Mail is not so much in the to itself it might soon have crumbled | dark as, it is, occasionally expedient by internal dissensions: to pretend,
Woodrow Wilson would, we pre We no longer ask for the simple same, stand for the settlement as disclaimer we advised on Friday. I chosen by the plebiscite.. The French. Our information from the hinterhand apparently, who had counted on a compels as no to advise-very Polish majority, and desire to miss no strongly and urgently to advise chance of rubbing it to to the disarawals and deniaks much more Germans, desire to disregard the explicit.
plebiscite and hand over Upper Silesia, and all its urban German populations,
We beg the Government to deny
at once that the Governor went toto Poland. The Poles on their part Peking to get a lease of atras lying want it.
SHANGHAI REGATTA.
INTERNATIONAL EVENTS.
[Chinx. Mil SPECIAL.]
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SHANGHAI, May 23. Healey regatta was held-in ideal weather, England won the inter- national eights and America the international pairs and fours. Major McBain's private aeroplane circled the grounds, dropping letters.
SERIOUS AFFRÀY.
SEX SAILORS STABBED.
FURTHER TROUBLE FEARED.
[China Mal SPECIAL"] .
SHANGHAI, May 23. In a serious affray in the Japanese] colony of Shanghai six American sailors from the warship "Huron " were, badly wounded with knives. One map is in a precarious condition. A recrudescence of the trouble is feared, the sailors threatening to come ashore with drearins,
just beyond our New Territótica, Italy and Great Britain are for adere valuable coal deposits to abiding by the result of the plebiscite. said to have been located, and extend-Disturbances in the area concerned ing as far as. Whampoo.
have not, they declare, affected the We beg it to contradict the Chinese principle, which was 'included in the statement that is return for that Treaty of Versailles, and is as sacred lease the British Government, has and binding as that treats. promised to help Peking a aginst The French fear that the resources Canton, and (so cunning are these of Upper Silesia; in German hands, (rumour-artists) that the much dis- † would be used for a war of revenge. russed Hongkong proclamations were which, the more hysterical of their | devised to provoke the Cantonese to tenspapers declare, the Germans are facts that could be wel sy a casus even now "meditating. Thus does!!
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ffar breed hate, and hate unreasoning
There are other indatamatory sum-conduct. outs current but these are the worst two, and, however; idiotic they may look in the eres of sensible persons!" Ltd. Politically amtaret top
they are ba femmeating. Tist why got only for nar good base as tation. But to svers mob, passions. we want them prompty expinded as liex.
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It is not for us to teach high offrials, their business, and we are not pee sumptuous enough to suppes we could do it : but if we are to take the Hongkong poclamation that the Suz Wen govemment must in no time"}
added in soppenpensing the Government's true belief, then we may without inority claim to be better informed tans they.
"An Italian paper. -Resto del Carlino points out that in all the peate treaties minorities of the enemy nations are embedded in the terri tories taken by the Allies, and that in wald be unfair to deny this fact when ¡it is favourable to the Germans. | The Gazette de Lausanne
pro-French. but it points out that by getting this rich province the Germans will be no longer able to plead in- ability to par reparations a point! we saw scored also in one of the French comic papers.
The Poles themselves were against day subdivision of Upper Mesis so long as they counted on winning the plebiscite, the result of which seems to have surprised them.
Economic necessities would be best served by a German-Polish entente.!
BLED TO DEATH.
MAIN ARTERY CUT.
NORWEGIAN'S FATĂL ACCIDENT.
[China Mail SPECIAL]
SHANGHAI, May 23. Mr. Alfred Robinson, a Norwegian while playing with a child brandish ing a Japanese dagger cut a main artery in the thigh and died.
LOCAL AND GENERAL..........
On April 14, declares a Vladivo Istok exchange, there were over 1,000 carloads, or 10,000 tors, of goods accumulated in the godowns along the wharves of Eggersheld, but ex- portation is delayed as steamers are The bulk of the goods is grain, equalling about 750 carloads and some timber.
!
scarce.
were:
MONDAY
GAP ROCK GABLE
MENDED AND O.K. AGAIN.
NEW LEGISLATION.
BILLS TO BE INTRODUCED.
After being out of action about
It is announced in the Government six months, the Gap Rock cable was! rejoined and made fit for use at $.30 Gazette that two new Bill will shortly this morning by the cable steamer be introduced in the Legislative
Council, now in harbour,
The job was as may be imagined. a bard one, and incidentally" very) interesting. The loose end was found by the grapnels, and found to pass under a Government cable fater put down. The latter had to be raised to the surface, and the under cable fnt and rejoined, we understand.
SHOP HELD UP!
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DARING YAUMATI AFFAIR.
ARMED ROBBELES ESCAPE,
CROWN LANTIS, The first is an Ordinance to amend,
the Crown Lands Resumption Ordin aace, 1900,
The Object and Reasons state 3— This Bill contains the three following main provisions
(a) The customary. In per cent allowance for compulsary acquisition is to be abolished.
(b) The compensation is to be based on the amount which the property would fetch in the open market if sold by a willing seller:
(c) No compensation is to be given in respect of any we of the land which is not in accordance with the terms of the crown lease under which the land
An audacious robbery was commit ted about 10 p... yesterday, when a shopkeeper in Reclamation Street, Faumati, and his folie were closing is held. the shop for the night. Two men Paragraph (c) of clause 2 is intended walked in and bought a packet off to present chains being made ou cigarettes, tendering a counterfeit public moneys in respect of uses of tea-cent piece in payment. When the land which are not in accordance this was refused. one man produced with the terms of the Crown lease. a revolver and the other a dagger, and Sach claims are sometimes made, and drove the master and his folis into they are generally supported by the rear cubicle where the master's production of permits to use the land wife was asleep. They removed two in that particular way. Though such || rings valued at $7, from the woman's permits are intended to be only tem fingers and forced her to open her porary they are often renewed boxes, from which they took a $5 bill from year to year for long periods, and St in small coins Leaving the and the argument is that the Crown inmates with their hands tied behind mast be taken to have waived the their backs, the intruders then made breach of the Crown lease. It has their escape.
HAINAN NEWS.
SEVERE ELECTRIC
STORM
BOLT STRINGS MISSION BOTSE,
Kiungchow. May 18, 1921.
General Teng Van Eng. has been The military governor of Haizan, absent for over a month. No doubt he is in Canton arranging his affairs. new appointee is daily expected but never turns up. At present there are constant rumours about
also been argued that the expectation of the continued renewal of such permits must be taken into account in fixing the compensation.
Clause 3 of the Bill is intended to save existing arbitration from coming under the stricter provisions of clause
Clause 4 and 3 are intended to get over a difficulty which sometimes occurs in the New Territories when owners, or en-owners, are absent from |the Colony or cannot be found.
BILLS OF EXCHANGE. - The other is an ordinance to amend
farther the Bills of Exchange Ordin- once, 1885.
The Objects and Reasons state:-- General Paragraph (4) section 73 of the Bills
It is not due for early doom. Its position is much stronger than some | peoplé realize, add Peking's to weaker, say the Socialists of various nations, Recently representatives of large Sun Wen can count on the support including France. but it seems little, Shanghai ms arrived in Vladivo of four provinces, and two next them, use talking of that at present. stok to contract with local timber Kiangs ace Fekien, are y truly A Dutch paper declares that if the merchants and sawmill owners for "neutral" that they act as effective industrial district become Polish, in- supplies of lumber, reports a Vladivo buffers. Yunnan, desiring a way to dustry goes to ruin, that if it goes.to, stok paper. It is expected that the sea clear of French territory, haa Germany, the Poles will be permanent about 1,000,000 cubic feet of lumber the boss of reasons for devotion to ly embittered, and suggests a post is to be prepared during May and Sun. Hunsa, so often looted, will be cosement of the decision, by Allied "Junt.
Li Fok Lung and his insurgents coming of Exchange Ordinance, 1885. provid down to loot Hoihow. Two comes that where a Bill is drawn out of left alons by both sides, on account bccupation and administration, with of its poverty. "Kweichow, is up-la British High Commissioner.
Two hauls of opium aggregat-panies of troops were recently sent but payable in the Colony, and the ing total seizure of nearly a ton out to await his arrival and provide a sum payable is not expressed in the doubtedly pro-Sez, bug rather
Lloyd George has made speeches were made by the Shanghat authori- warm reception. Part of a unit of currency of this Colony, the amount awkwardly placed for immediate reproving the extremist partisans of ties during last week end. One lot troops belonging to General Teng's shall, in the absence of some express action will not fit the French Press, and at latest. ad- of the stuff was discovered by Cus army recently crossed to the Lui Chow stipulation, be calculated according for either south of corta, bat, sices their tone has been considerably toms officials Sunday morning when side and became tor-coats-that is, to the rate of exchange for sight it would fight either who might inde subdued. But the problem itself three bags containing 120 pounds of are now for Kwangi. The rest of the drafts at the place, of payment on it. As for kwangi, it has its internal reti awaits settlement. The Supreme the contraband commodity divisions wedia, full of Cantonese Council, fast pledging its constituents discovered secreted in ose of the unit, located in Hainan was forthwith the day that the bill is parable. It
disarmed.
is cot in accordance with the banking merchant, ci sore", at being to abide by the decision, should ask life boats of the steamer Kwang-
of the practice in this Colony. According ousted as the capital be Nanning the League of Nations to settle it; lee" when she arrived from Hong- The inaugural day
The Kong. will promptly declare for San as soon as a really big test of LON. efficiency. 1,000 pounds was brought to light sides in Canton) was observed by a kong currency is calculated according (the one that re-to that practice the amosat in Hong- biggest lot cearly new President as be takes possession of Wachow
by the inspectors when they went holiday in all the schools of this to the rate of exchange on the actual through trunka aboard a steamer vicinity. Respect was paid the new date of payment. This seems reason- supposed to be the personal property President in a great variety of able, as exchange might vary con- of certain Chinese military officials,
patriotic speeches.
siderably between the day when the Not long ago our one and only port Bill was payable and the day when Police Station, West paint this more tives of the Pacife Mail Steamship to meet this difficulty by fixing ex- Inspector Appleton of No. 7 of Hoihow was visited by representa it was actually paid. It is not possible ing charged three Chinese before Company. Captain Owen was in the change on the day when the Bill is. Magistrate Orme with (1) having threatened a man named Chan Hing port nearly a week establishing bu-payable, because the Bill might be paid elsewhere, eg, in the United in order to induce him to join the siness connections and finding cargo. Shun Yee Salt-fish Dealers' Guild. (2) Captain Generaux brought the first Kingdom, when no question of ex- having assaulted the said Chan Hing of the company's steamer-the change would arise, or it might not on Saturday, and (3) having behaved "Caddopeak" to port. They ex-be paid at all. The Bill is intended to in a disorderly manner. The third pect to take coolies to Bangkok on the amend the Ordinance so as to agree charge was entered as an alternative run south and livestock to Hongkong with the local banking practice. to the second. Mr. Leo Almada, on the return trip appeared for the defence and asked
Canton is expecting early developmenta, ac the confidence of the southern Government and its | friends is plainly visible.
LOCAL AND GENERAL.
All this is very bad for Hongkong. According to China Trade, an We want peace next door, in cur own interesting use has been found for interests. Above als we need to be the castor oil plant which grows in on friendly terms with our neighbours. Kiangsi. A juice is extracted from We can get this without helping them it which is then mixed with red dye as against Peking-which we have and used for stamping documents. no right to doby proving our strict neutrality, and disproving these stories
A Chinese was yesterday remove which are at present angering themed to the Government Civil Hospital Slay we not reasonably ask the from a house in Fraya East, suffering Government, which has already said from opium poisoning, alleged to have the rumours were "idiotic," to acã been self-administered. She is now
making favourable progress. convincingly that they were false
UPPER SILESIA.
case
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Mr. J. V. Shannen, principal of for a remand. The Magistrate the American Presbyterian Mission adjourned the case until Thursday afternoon, fixing bail in the sum of High School, and, family made a hurried trip to Hongkong per S.S. $500 each.
"Haimua On April 28. The trip was necessitated because of health sons. Mr. Shanron returned "a week later.
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WHY
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CHEERS AND A TIGER
caused. This we regret. We had teasons for offering it, that we did not then disclose. A sense of our responsibilities. our patriotic responsi- bilities especially, was strong within us. It is not a grateful task for Eng Lishmen to discuss before foreigners, in any way tending to discredit theta. the actions of British officials. It.
One fatal case of enteric fever is preferable to have those officials
and a non-fatal case of plague, both justify their actions, or explain them.
Chinese, were reported on Friday. in their own way. Persistent, and
Oat fatal
of small pox.. sersational rumours had been reaching
The sprightly contributor to whom Chinese, and one non-fatal case of Commenting on the promised in as from Chinese friends: of which theo Saturdays these columns are diphtheria, Portuguese, were reported stitution of a Formosan Advisory
The connection between the word Canton Times rumours that we used surrendered seemed to think the "on Saturday.
Council as a "stride towards the as a text were but a pale reflection. Silesian problem a bore. No doubt
goal of self-government," the Japan Messrs. Stokley and Reid, represen"tiger", as applied to the loud yell We were, with these private inform there are others who feel that way,
Chronicla says "Considering that the tatives of Parke Davis and Company at the end of the conventional With a proposed capital of new Council will be strictly advisory, and Lever Bros. Soap Company, re-three cheers," and the name of ations in mind, much relieved when but such pregnant crises are not, so $4,000,000, a merchant in Canton is that two-thirds of its members will spectively, spent several days last the animal itself, is not apparent SLEE-On May 16, 1921, at Shang- the Acting Colonial Secretary assured lightly to be dismissed. The outcome reported to be planning to organise a be oficials and the remainder selected week in Hoihow.
until we dig back into the history of bzi, Edwin Alexander Stet, aged us that the rumours we did quote may matter supremely to us all We steamship company to ply between from among Japanese and native This vicinity was visited by a the custom and find that it originst- were utter rot to which no sensible should at least endeavour to under Chinese ports and Japan, Hawaii, residents, this stride towards the goal severe electric storm on Tuesday, ed in Massachusetts during the early REMEDIOS-On May 17, 1921, at person would pay attention." Restand what is going on.
Cuba and Panama. The object of the is a first step which is not costing a May 10. A bolt struck a part of the last century. Shanghai, Margarida Maria, aged taining our faith in the integrity and First of all, it must not be forgotten Proposed company is to capture a very great deal. However, there is a mission house, the home of In 1822, the Boston Light Infantry, seven years, beloved daughter of honesty of British principles, we that the people of Upper Silesia, to portion of the business that is now in recognition that 25 years of intensive Misses Sinner. Chapin and Taylor under Captain MacKintosh, visited Mrs. Consuelo Maria dos
were glad to iguore his statement that the chagrin of the French and the the hands of foreignerss
official government in Formosa have Remedios.
he didn't know what the Governor's Poles, declared by plebiscite ("self.
not had the ideal result that had been Two of the ladies were in the house at Salem, Mass., and was encamped in errand was, and we pinned our faith determination"), for affiliation with The Canton Tinies has learnt hoped for and this recognition, is the time and two foreign visitors, Washington Square. During their Sofoulis of Samos, Greece, aged ourselves, that the Governor's errand therefore be that Lloyd George is in Government has received from the Formosans." at Shanghai, Demetrius George to his obvious disbelief, shared by Germany. Our first reflection must from authentic sources that the something to the advantage of the as well as over a dozen school stay, the men indulged in various children, mostly small girls. The kinds of sports, and on one occasion could have anything to do with getting the right, and that those who are the recent rumour that British gur
British Consulate an official denial of ..
bolt came down the chimney and then a spectator chanced to call out to one South China concesions from the disappointed with the Silesian choice boats were engaged in the transe against him, the expired banisher. One small school girl was killed in rough, You're a tiger The With one previous conviction followed some electric light wires. of the soldiers who was particularly North China Government which, are wrong to dub him pro-German. portion of musitions up the West was on Saturday charged before stantly and ten small children "re-smile appealed to the men, became a The China Mail.presuming would not be er noe Why consent to a plebiscite, if its River. This: the paper remarks, Magistrate Lindsell with pocket cefired severe shock. All these were catchword in the regiment, and, come- from giving away what it does not result, gratifying or otherwise, is should serve to satisfy the Cantonese picking on a crowded tram car on; in one room. The little girl who was months later, the tiger growl" #IRUTE, JUSZICK, PUBLIC SERVICE" possess.
Igad put a stop to the spread of such May. 13. The complainant stated led stood next an electric light was adopted as the official cry of the At fuch a time, and in such cir- Secondly, Adversarius' was incredible reports.
that defendant jostled him when the switch. The ladies both had close organization. Bosesong, Hosday, May 22, 1921.
cumstances, it would be as wrong to wrong in likening this upset to one of
car stopped at Pedder Street, and
escapes ask Peking, "for" concessions within the old Balkan squabbles. The issues
made off with a bundle of notes butį Canton's jurisdiction as it was to buy are of veatly greater importance. Mr. Edwin A. Stee of the firm of was speedily caught, Mr. Haywood ́ the Kwangtung coal rights from the Upper Bilesia is rich in mineral wealth Messrs. Mortimer Reid and Slee died for the defence, said that the Kwangs usurpers. And in any case and in industries, and of great value at Shanghal from an attack of heart defendant, laundryman, had an No official notice whatever has we could not bear the thought that to the whole world now slowly re- faliere. He was 43 years of age unblemished character, and submitted bees taken of our savice, our gravely our Governor's functions should be cuperating after the waste of war. Mr. Slee, who was a prominent figure that as there was only the word of is in the hands of the veterinary of those who were watching the arged advice, pablished on Friday, Enspected of any admixture with It is asserted that the Poles have in commercial circles, came to one man against another he was surgeon as the result of an accident drill, and it was not long before it was that the Government should issue concern-for concession hunting.
Shanghai from Bristol, England in entfled to a dismissal. The Magis in Great Western Road extension, adopted by the schools throughout neither the means nor the capacity to 1919 and as a chartered accountant date convicted. When the defend Shanghai last Monday afternoon the city, and the expression. "Three much a statement concerning His A brief official statement, assuring develop the one or carry on the other. he took a position on his arrival with ant's records was read out, Mr. The approach of a motor car caused cheers and a tiger came into general Excelency's end to Feking as the Cantonese that the Governor's Even supposing that for some reason the China, Mutual Insurance: Com- Haywood said that he was gnaware the pout to become restive 2t. 2. would put an end to the alarmist eind north had no remotest con- the result of the plebiscite should not pany. In 1917; the "partnership of of it when he spoke of the defendant's narrow part of the road where repairs se, though in later years it grew suous current amode the Cantonese, nection with Kwangtung affairs, was count, that contention, it fairly found the firm of Mortimer Rest and Sice good character Sentence of three are in progicas, and it backed into mean any additional or more
l to the bad feelings thereby what we hoped for and asked for, - od deserves at least consideration.
months hari labour was passed, the car and was rather badly injured, emphatic cheer
SOFOULIS-On May 17, 1921,
70 years.
ILE'S KRHAND.,
not to be accepted.
was formed
** In 1826 the Light Infantry visited
New York, and while there, gave the "tiger grow!" at one of the public stavities in which it took part. The
"The old racing pony, Cardington, peculiar form of yell pleased the fancy